European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stabs and stripes wednesday january 9,1991 military Roundup time rapidly approaching for girl scouts cookies Mannheim Germany girl scouts in most military communities will begin their annual cookie Sale after the Middle of january a spokeswoman for the North Atlantic Council says. Cookies have arrived at Northern ports and soon will be delivered to military communities said Ann Baker seven varieties or cookies which sell for $2 per Box will be available at shopping centers and other High traffic areas. The proceeds support girl scout programs in local communities and throughout Europe. Quot airmen can now apply a for nursing scholarships Washington a airmen in medical career Fields can apply for an accelerated civilian associate degree nursing program being offered by the air Force ten enlisted people will be selected for the program each year for  three years officials  a a a. A a a a a after completing the one year program graduates must pass registered nurse exam and then work As a technical nurse for a year for full qualification. Applicants must have completed 30 hours of College credit at Agrade Point average of 2.5 or higher. Also required is a combined Verba and math Scholastic aptitude test score of at least 800. Airmen must have four years of Active duty and should have a 5 or 7 level in the 902x0 air Force specially code although other skill Levels will be considered officials said the first selection Board will meet Jan. 22 at the air Force manpower and personnel Center Randolph fab Texas 78150-6001, applications must reach the personnel Center by Jan. 15. For information Contact the consolidated base personnel office customer service Section. Champs can help locate medical care Heidelberg Germany a if health care is unavailable at 7th medical come hospitals or clinics people should Contact the champs health benefits advisers office for assistance in finding a physician on the local Economy. There is a health benefits adviser at each of the 11 7th medical come hospitals and at most of the larger  the health care providers speak English and most of them routinely Deal with americans. Champs is a Cost sharing program that provides medical care from civilian sources to family members of Active duty military people to retirees and to their families when that care is unavailable in military facilities. Another place offering help in finding local medical care is the patient representative sometimes called the patient assistance officer. There is a patient assistance officer at each army medical facility. Cat i ing f o r Ca u Tion not panic Over Bremerhaven a amps a american military health officials Are not Overly alarmed by the rabies Alert issued by German authorities last week a Community spokesman said. A a we be informed the american military Community that the German recon emendations mean they must keep their dogs on a Leash and cats in the House a said Fred Milton of the Brunier Haven Public affairs office. Milton said All 1,200 registered pets in the . Community have been inoculated. The German restrictions do not include a total quarantine which would mean people could not travel with their animals he said. A the German authorities ask citizens to be aware and cautious. By there a car lain no reason for panic a Milton said the warning was issued after a Man was bitten last week by an infected cat. It applies to the sch theide Sec Tion of the City where the Carl Schurz Cavern is located. Red army troops rolling in to enforce draft in republics two. Europe Atstoni. Latvia Baltic 1 Moscow a soviet troops dispatched to enforce the. Red army draft rolled into the first of seven breakaway republics before Dawn tuesday in what secessionists called a pretext for bloody suppression. A. A a. 1 an a a armoured column of soviet military hardware including 108 vehicles entered Vilnius the capital of Lithuania at 4 35 . And wound past the lithuanian legislature before reaching an army Barracks the lithuanian government said. A a. A thousands of paratroopers were expected later in Latvia Estonia Moldavia Armenia Georgia and the Ukraine ordered in monday by the soviet defense ministry. Lithuanian prime minister Kazi. Mcira Prunskiene flew to Moscow tuesday and met with soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev lithuanian officials said. Estonian Presb Dent Edgar Savisaar also flew to Moscow. The defense ministry said it ordered the troop deployments to protect National Security. A thousands of Young men in the republics Are ignoring red army draft orders. In the three Baltic republics Many Are performing alternative service such As Hospital or social work under Laws passed by the republics but considered invalid by the Kremlin no violence was reported As troops arrived in Lithuania. A Quot a a a a a a. A a a a a a a a however a latvian lawmaker Yuri Boyars said the troop deployment could be a a pretext to Start really a bloody suppression a use of Force on a massive scale a another latvian lawmaker legislative Leader Dainis Ivans said tuesday in Helsinki Finland that he would head an exile government if necessary. A yes we Are ready. In this dangerous situation the supreme Council of Latvia has Given me the status of representative in exile a Ivans told reporters during a parliamentary conference on Baltic cooperation. Minsk soviet a Poland i Guanla language lithuanian 1 Union area 25,170 so. Miles a population 3,658,000,/o 100 80% lithuanians. By mites 9% russians / a a a w f. A a sources Europa yearbook \. A. World Book. Encyclopedia representatives of Latvia Estonia and Lithuania also signed a petition urging Gorbachev to a immediately Stop sending More troops into the area. A a a a v a a it a these actions Are aimed at the destabilization of. The Baltic states. Such actions also mean the restoration of the Power of dictatorship in the .s.r.,�?� the petition said. The three Baltic republics have been saying they feared a military crackdown to repress their rebellions. Foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigned last month saying he feared crackdowns like those that killed hundreds in 1989 and 1990 and the Rise of a dictatorship. Latvia was told to comply with National draft Laws 1 by Friday and Estonia was told to comply by sunday. One National lawmaker from Latvia Mavriks Vulfsons said tuesday that the army had promised not to punish deserters and would allow them to serve in Latvia if they turned themselves in. Vulfsons a member of the supreme soviet said he met monday with Gen. Fyodor Kuzmin commander of the Baltic military District and agreed to pass on the message. Vulfsons said that if draft age youths did not respond to orders to serve in the army a it will be a brutal  Alexander Odza Shokhov a member of the communist party politburo and chairman of the supreme soviets International affairs committee said the draft should be enforced. A a it a a constitutional responsibility and in a whole series of republics the percent of Young people fulfilling their constitutional responsibility s extremely Low and that consequently requires the defense minister to take additional measures a Odza Shokhov told reporters. Nikolajs neilands a member of the National legislature from Latvia called the deployment a a show of nniscle.�?�. He said he would not characterize it As a crackdown yet but believed it could become one. J airman killed in hit and run from Staft and wire reports Torrejon a Spain a a 19-year-old air Force enlisted Man died in an a Parent hit and run Accident a base spokesman said tuesday. Airman Kurt m. Nelson an f-16 Crew chief assigned to the 401st tac fighter Wing was dead on arrival Early monday morning at a Spanish Hospital in nearby Torre Jon de a Doz capt. Ken Mcclelland said. Local residents found Nelson at 12 30 . Monday in a construction site off a Road Between the base and Torrejon de a Doz Mcclelland said. An autopsy performed monday by a Spanish police pathologist determined that Nelson died of a severe ing specialist in Hahn Dies head injury according to Madrid police spokesman Daniel Herrera. It also indicated that the Allison Park pa., resident received Back leg and  injuries. Herrera said Nelsons injuries led police to believe he was the victim of a hit and run Accident and that he had been left in a sitting position at the construction site by someone connected with the Accident. The victim assigned to Torrejon since june is survived by his parents Glenn and Ramona Nelson of Allison Park. A joint probe into the airman s death is being conducted by Spanish National police and the air Force office of special investigations. Wiesbaden Germany a Edward w. Fant jr., a Reading improvement specialist at Hahn High school died saturday of cardiac arrest. Fant 50, suffered the attack while visiting friends in Wiesbaden and was pronounced dead at the air Force Hospital there. A a memorial service is planned for 3 30 . Thursday in Chapel 2 at Hahn a. The funeral will be held in the states. A a a. Fant lived in Sohren Germany. He worked for the department of defense dependents schools in Asia from 1973 to 1979. He worked for the department of education in Washington d.c., from 1979 to 1982 and then returned to Dodds he is survived by his wife Noemi o. Fant of Sohren his Mother Mary d. Fant of Sohren and his daughter Mya Patrice club Hen and son Gregory Fant both of Nebraska. A. A donations should to be sent to the Hahn High school memorial scholarship fund. Educator wife killed in Accident Heidelberg Germany. A  Mary land professor and his wife were killed Friday in an Auto Accident a University official said tuesday. Services for Johann and Henrica Van Der Haar will be held at 2 . Thursday at the Hinburg Erbach Ceme. A -. He Haar Sage w As not available. Henrica Van Der try. Johann Van Der Haar was so. Car Van Der Haar began teaching elementary and Junior High classes for the military a overseas school system 1954, he had been a lecturer for University of Marylain since 1962. Lie taught German courses every term exec for one summer in the mid-1970s, a school official said. The native of Breda Netherlands taught in t ram Stem area and lived in Homburg. He was fluent several european languages. Details about the crash were unavailable tuesday